Climate researcher Alina Railo travels to Finnish Lapland with an international expedition to seek access to a parallel universe with the hopes of finding a solution to the climate crisis - a parallel universe initially researched by her father, who disappeared in Lapland over 30 years ago.
Adam Vollmann is 40 years old; he is a journalist for the web editorial staff of a major national daily newspaper. One morning, the portrait of Axel Challe, designated as the main suspect in the murder of a young girl, in Guerches-sur-Isoire, appears on the television screen in front of him. When he insisted to his editor-in-chief to go straight away to report there, he explained to him that he was from there, that he grew up there. What he doesn't say is that he knows Axel Challe well: he was his friend. Even more, Axel Challe was the demigod of his childhood.
After a fire on an abandoned farm near a small provincial town, several female bodies are found buried. All the women have been killed in the past two years, their hands are tied behind their backs with fishing line and their mouths are filled with sand. One of the victims is the wife of a local influential businessman, Eduard Kalashnikov, who disappeared five years ago. His daughter Alina, who came to see her father and introduce him to her fiancé Denis, gets entangled in a web of fears and suspicions. For the first time in her life, Alina herself makes a serious decision: she remains in the city and tries to figure out what is happening, despite the danger, risking her life and love. She will have to grow up, understand how cruel this world is, and make a choice between the two most dear people.
From ancient Egypt - when the Pharaohs ruled - to Anglo-Saxon England, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Bust of Nefertiti, the Staffordshire Hoard and more.
1826, St. Petersburg. After the suppression of speeches on the Senate Square, the investigative commission begins searching for the Decembrists. Some of them are caught by the authorities because of informers. Suddenly, a series of brutal murders takes place in St. Petersburg: the victims are those who denounced the Decembrists. A piece of paper with lines from a poem by the young poet Alexander Pushkin invariably remains near the bodies of the dead. A Moscow detective and a nobleman released from arrest, Alexander Boshnyak, are taking over the investigation of the case.
In 1960s socialist Hungary, a serial killer targeting young women torments a small town and the determined detective on his trail. Based on true events.
Yuan Yingcai (Desmond Tan), a teacher working at an art school, suddenly commits suicide. His death causes an uproar in the school. He had a promising future ahead of him. Why would he kill himself?
Yingcai’s twin brother Yuan Yingjie (also played by Desmond Tan), who has lived abroad most of his life, returns to Singapore to deal with Yingcai’s funeral matters. He believes that there is more to Yingcai’s death and decides to infiltrate the art school and uncover the truth behind. His investigations lead him to several suspects, including Yingcai’s newly wedded wife and students. Secrets and grudges surface and all seemed to have something to hide in their relationship with Yingcai.
The plot thickens as more potential suspects get unveiled and new information get uncovered. Soon Yingjie discovers a hidden side to Yingcai—a twisted, extreme side—and the shocking truth behind his death.
Yaman makes the choice to relocate to the family's ancestral home with the intention of taking up a position as a sculpture instructor at a university. However, his mother strongly opposes the idea, and a secret is about to be revealed.
A mysterious organization calling itself "The Companions of Eleusis" is dumping large quantities of gold onto the precious metals market, causing panic in financial circles. A young journalist and his girlfriend decide to investigate the matter...
It presents five works that offer diverse perspectives on the meaning and scope of family, alternative families, and other topics for those living in the present age, and sometimes pose diverse questions. It hopes to bring you freshness and profound resonance, and to connect you with new connections.
Ghostly Encounters is a Canadian paranormal documentary television series that premiered on July 16, 2005 to January 19, 2011. on Viva/W Network. The program also airs on A&E's The Biography Channel in the United States. The show was created by executive producer Phyllis Platt, is produced by Brian Dennis, and is hosted by Lawrence Chau.
The program uses a combination of interviews and dramatic recreations, examining the events that led its subjects to accept or reject occurrences as supernatural, and how the experience has helped or hindered them.
Ghostly Encounters won a Gemini Award for best original score in 2007.